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Descriptor English: Surgical Sponges
Descriptor Spanish: Tapones Quirúrgicos de Gaza
Descriptor esponjas quirúrgicas
Scope note: Material de gasa utilizado para absorber los líquidos corporales durante la cirugía. Se denomina TEXTILOMA si se queda retenido accidentalmente en el organismo tras una intervención quirúrgica.
Descriptor Portuguese: Tampões de Gaze Cirúrgicos
Descriptor French: Éponges chirurgicales
Entry term(s): Sponge, Surgical
Sponges, Surgical
Surgical Sponge
Tree number(s): E07.858.740
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D015503
Scope note: Gauze material used to absorb body fluids during surgery. Referred to as GOSSYPIBOMA if accidentally retained in the body following surgery.
Annotation: surgical sponge accidentally left in the surgical field: coordinate with GOSSYPIBOMA see FOREIGN BODIES
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
MI microbiology
PS parasitology
SD supply & distribution
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Foreign Bodies (1966-1989)
Surgical Equipment (1966-1989)
Surgical Instruments (1974-1989)
Public MeSH Note: 90
History Note: 90
Entry Version: SURG SPONGES
DeCS ID: 24889
Unique ID: D015503
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Date Established: 1990/01/01
Date of Entry: 1989/04/07
Revision Date: 2015/06/05
Surgical Sponges - Preferred
Concept UI M0023866
Scope note Gauze material used to absorb body fluids during surgery. Referred to as GOSSYPIBOMA if accidentally retained in the body following surgery.
Preferred term Surgical Sponges
Entry term(s) Sponge, Surgical
Sponges, Surgical
Surgical Sponge



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